[Python-Dev] Merging PEP 310 and PEP 340-redux?

[Guido van Rossum]

[Phillip J. Eby]
> FYI, there are still use cases for clearing the exception state in an
> __exit__ method, that might justify allowing a true return from __exit__ to
> suppress the error.  e.g.:
[...]

Yes, but aren't those written clearer using an explicit try/except?
IMO anything that actually stops an exception from propagating outward
is worth an explicit try/except clause, so the reader knows what is
happening.

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